LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 1 January 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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The Call for Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
at the Undergraduate Level with Special Reference to Andhra Pradesh

V. Anuradha, Ph.D.
K. V. Madhavi, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

Introduction

The context of the whole teaching situation started changing around the year 2000. Socio-economic factors played a major role in this change. The liberalization of the Indian economy led to the entry of many international companies into the country. Call Centres, shopping malls, trade fairs etc., all need young personnel, fluent in English. Those desirous of immigration to the developed countries need professional help for clearing tests like TOEFL, IELTS, etc. Hence, the avenues where ELT is required in India are unlimited today.

Traditional English Classroom in India

In a typical Indian English classroom, teacher occupies the center-stage. It is he/she who reads the text mostly aloud, gives the meanings of difficult words and translates as and when he/she thinks it is necessary.

In India, students admitted to undergraduate courses come from different walks of life. At the undergraduate level, English Language Teaching continues to be largely content-based rather than skill-based, in spite of attempted reforms by both university and State bodies. The result is that even after attending ten or more years of English classes, students often graduate from Government colleges with no basic communicative skills in English.

Situation in Andhra Pradesh

According to the Government records provided by www.aponline.gov.in, there are approximately 272 degree colleges and 634 engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh from where scores of students graduate annually. But a large number of the students passing out are not getting jobs because of their poor communication skills. As a result, the fresh graduates, hailing mostly from rural areas, have not been fit to be taken in for a good job, especially by the Information Technology industry. It is true that most of the students of Andhra Pradesh who manage to grab many seats in IITs, NITs and BITS become adept at using technical skills but not in communication skills. Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys, commented at a meeting in Hyderabad that graduates from Andhra Pradesh were good in technical skills but poor in communication skills.

Paradigmatic Change

There is a paradigmatic shift in the way English has been regarded and taught. It is now being increasingly considered as a skill and a means of communication. This has resulted in changing the traditional roles of materials, teachers and students. At the syllabus design level, the emphasis has been more on specifying and organizing the language content in a semantic way. Communicative competence has been accorded pre-eminence over structural competence.

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V. Anuradha, Ph.D.
Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
India
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K. V. Madhavi, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate
GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus
Rudraram, Patancheru
Medak - 502329
Andhra Pradesh
India
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